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package io.micronaut.context;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Experimental;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
import io.micronaut.inject.BeanDefinitionReference;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * The provider of bean definitions.
 *
 * @author Denis Stepanov
 * @since 5.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface BeanDefinitionsProvider {

    /**
     * Provides a list of bean definition references available from the given class loader.
     *
     * @param classLoader The class loader to use for loading bean definitions
     * @return A list of bean definition references
     */
    @NonNull
    List<BeanDefinitionReference<?>> provide(@NonNull ClassLoader classLoader);

}
